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CONFERENCE AGENDA
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tuesday may 14
8:30 - 9:00am
Registration, Networking & Refreshments
9:00 - 9:45am
1) A New Era for American High Speed Rail
TOPICS: Moving America into the 21st century with high speed rail; Accelerating project delivery; Creating fast new transportation options while decarbonizing the US transportation system; Delivering the large-scale climate solution while advancing energy and national security, and reducing the foreign trade deficit from foreign oil; Pushing the paradigm shift in transportation funding while creating a new economic development driver unlocking jobs and bringing back U.S. manufacturing; Connecting to miles of affordable communities making living and transportation accessible; Bringing jobs and prosperity to second-tier cities and rural areas; Stimulating Transit Oriented Development and walkable communities for all.
9:45 - 10:30am
2) High Speed Rail Around the Globe
TOPICS: Latest updates on the rapidly expanding 35,000 miles of high speed rail lines in operation worldwide. Expected doubling of network over the next 30 years; 3 billion passengers per year travel on high speed trains; New rail projects taking shape in numerous nations; the growing global high speed train fleet; New modern train stations and advanced systems; High speed rail as growing global climate solution decarbonizing major corridors across continents; National mandates and high speed rail expansion plans; International funding and finance.
10:30 - 11:00am
Morning Networking Break
11:00 - 11:30am
3) World-Class Bullet Train Systems
TOPICS: Latest updates on the world's expanding high speed rail network. New projects taking shape in numerous nations; the growing global high speed train fleet; New modern high-tech trains, and advanced systems; New passenger comforts and train configurations; The latest train designs and high energy efficiency.
11:30 - 12:15pm
4) Spain's Bullet Train Breakthrough
TOPICS: Spain's great success building the largest high speed rail network in Europe; Standardization of process and system design and delivery; Building quickly and at substantially lower cost; Streamlining the HSR delivery process; Lessons learned and best practices for the U.S.
1:45 - 2:45pm
5) Brightline West: Breaking Ground
TOPICS: America's new high speed rail line to connect Las Vegas and Los Angeles - weeks away from starting construction. Delivering high speed rail as a public / private partnership; Designing the complete experience including trains, stations, and the surrounding community; Exceptional customer service and comforts fundamental to business model; Short construction timeline: opening in time for the LA Olympics; Rapid construction schedule across the desert - building a mile of track per day; Energy efficient high speed rail.
2:45 - 3:30pm
6) Creating the High Speed Rail Experience
TOPICS: Creating a unique, enjoyable, comfortable travel experience; A seamless quality experience from community to station to trains; Planning and designing the future of travel in America; Customer-focused transportation; Leveraging investments to create great walkable TOD communities around stations.
3:30 - 4:00pm
Afternoon Networking Break
4:00 - 4:45pm
7) Building the Workforce of the Future
TOPICS: Scaling up a new workforce for an entirely new field - creating trained workers for every aspect of high speed rail design, planning, administration, construction, and operations; Delivering the future with a trained, skilled workforce; Creating a diverse workforce representative of America; Engaging young people for exciting careers in high speed rail.
4:45 - 5:30pm
8) Growing the Project Pipeline
TOPICS: Scaling up project delivery; Corridor ID Program - creating a multi-year, multi-project pipeline of new high speed rail systems moving towards shovel-ready status, in line for future federal funding; Federal guidance and assistance developing projects; Delivering large-scale decarbonization to the U.S. transport sector at the scale and pace necessary to meet climate goals; Pushing the paradigm shift in transportation funding and focus.
5:30 - 6:30pm
USHSR Executive Committee Meeting (Members only)
6:30 - 8:30pm
Evening Reception (Sponsored by Sidley LLP, and Hill International)
with Congresswoman Suzan DelBene Bio
Join us for an evening of fun, friends, food, drinks, and the best high speed rail networking in town!
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WEDNESDAY may 15
8:00 - 8:30am
Registration, Networking & Refreshments
8:30 - 9:30am
9) California's Next Frontier: High Speed Operations
TOPICS: Latest updates on America's high speed rail megaproject; Recent federal grants, progress, procurement schedule, phases and process, sustainability report, funding plans, and station development updates; Transition towards start-up operations; Benefits the project will deliver to California residents and visitors.
9:30 - 10:00am
10) Boosting Climate & Energy Resilience
TOPICS: High speed rail as a major climate, energy, and resilience solution; energy independence, climate resilience and building sustainable transport for the future.
10:00 - 10:30am
Morning Networking Break
10:30 - 11:00am
11) Building Congressional Consensus for High Speed Rail
TOPICS: Growing the support network across Congress for federal high speed rail investment; Working towards a high speed rail trust fund to advance the new pipeline of projects; Growing funding levels each year to build out the national HSR network - delivering large-scale decarbonization to the U.S. transport sector.
11:00 - 12:00pm
12) Fast-Tracking High Speed Rail in America
TOPICS: New research looking into the main ways to speed up high speed rail development across America; Comparative analysis of high speed rail development and construction processes around the world with lessons for the United States as we embark on our national network.
12:00 - 1:00pm
Networking Lunch with Congressman Seth Moulton Bio Special thanks to our lunch sponsors:
Stacy Witbeck Herzog, TYLin, & Quandel Consultants
1:00 - 1:45pm
13) Texas High Speed Rail: Forging New Partnerships
TOPICS: Latest updates on Texas' ambitious high speed rail project; Progress, new partnership with Amtrak and project development schedule; Corridor ID program update; Benefits the project will deliver to Texas residents and visitors.
1:45 - 2:30pm
14) The Biden Administration's Vision for High Speed Rail
- Secretary Buttigieg, US Department of Transportation
- Secretary Ray LaHood
TOPICS: Advancing high speed rail in America; Launching new projects; Bringing US transportation into the 21st century; delivering new mobility options.
2:30 - 3:15pm
15) Revitalizing Cities and Reshaping Regions
TOPICS: Bringing new life to cities and regions; Delivering economic development as well as opportunities to second-tier cities and towns; Shaping and redirecting regional land development patterns into TOD & smart growth - compact, walkable, mixed-use communities around rail stations; Encouraging higher rail ridership across multiple layers of rail systems, creating additional corridors of TOD development.
3:15 - 3:30pm
Afternoon Networking Break
3:30 - 4:15pm
16) Accelerating Environmental Approvals
TOPICS: Speeding up project permitting with shorter deadlines & clear, efficient processes; Standardizing approvals to enable environmental benefits to start sooner; Federal leadership for national system and large scale planning and approvals.
4:15 - 5:00pm
17) High Speed Construction
TOPICS: Scaling up project delivery by streamlining and accelerating construction; Rapid deadlines, highly efficient machines and processes, robust supply chain, fast delivery of people and supplies; Scaling up construction workforces; Modular and prefabrication technologies; Standardization of systems and construction processes.
5:30 - 7:30pm
After Party Reception at Teamsters Penthouse
Special high speed rail reception at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters penthouse on Capitol Hill - open to all conference attendees. Executive coach transport will be provided to the event.
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